December 18th, 2004 - At Falcon Court
GLENDALE FALCONS (6-1) - 77
VS.
WEBB CITY CARDINALS (2-3) - 64 

Nonconference game
Webb City (2-3) 22 21 4 17--64
Glendale (6-1) 11 20 29 27--77

WEBB CITY — Haywood 8, Drake 18,
Taylor 4, Howard 9, Zerkel 1, Dykens 8,
Powell 2, Bearden 14.

GLENDALE — Rosenbury 10, Harbour 21,
McAmis 19, Lewis 18, Frazier 1,
Burrows 7.

Junior Varsity
Glendale B 69,
Webb City B 40

Glendale freshmen 68,
Webb City freshmen 51

Non-Conference Matchup
Tues., December 14th, 2004
At Falcon Court
J.V. at 6:00 / Varsity game to follow

FALCONS EDGE EAGLES IN
GREAT BATTLE!

GLENDALE FALCONS (5-1) - 66
VS.
NIXA, MO. HIGH EAGLES (4-2) - 65
J.V. Game - Glendale 44 - Nixa 42
Nonconference game
Nixa (4-2) 7 19 19 20--65
Glendale (5-1) 21 8 21 16--66

NIXA — Harrington 13, Overstreet 7,
Haynes 6, Ray 13, Peltier 14, Harmon 8.

GLENDALE — Rosenbury 20, Harbour 17,
McAmis 13, Lewis 10, Bear 4, Dunn 2.
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Glendale beats Nixa after making 13 3-point shots
By: Ron Schott, Nixa News-Enterprise

Before last week's game against the
Glendale Falcons, the Nixa Eagles were
named the number one seed in the Gold
Division of next week's Blue and Gold
tournament while Glendale was seeded
second.

But in what could be the first of two
meetings in two weeks, the Falcons
made 13 3-pointers to beat the Eagles
66-65.

Despite the loss, Nixa head coach Jay
Osborne was proud of how his team
rallied from a 21-7 first-quarter deficit to
nearly beat Glendale on the Falcons
home court.

"Our kids showed a lot of character
coming back in a tough surrounding," he
said. "But anytime a team makes 13 3's,
you have to give them credit. They made
them at crucial times. But I thought if we
would have got the lead, then we would
have won. We look forward to hopefully
playing them again in the Blue and
Gold."

In the first quarter, Glendale made five
3-pointers to take advantage of seven
Nixa turnovers for a 13-point lead.

But in the second quarter, Nixa's defense
forced Glendale to miss all four of their
shots in the first 3:04 while the Eagles
put together a 12-0 run.

Jacob Harrington made one 3-pointer
and scored six points while Corey
Harmon scored six points off the bench
during the stretch.

Nixa cut the lead to 21-19 before John
McAmis hit back-to-back 3-pointers to
put the Falcons on top 27-21.

Harmon made two free throws for two of
his eight second quarter points to keep
Nixa within three points at halftime.

Glendale made just 3 of 12 shots in the
second quarter but made 7 of 14 3-point
shots in the first half.

Nixa made 9 of 16 shots from the field
but just 6 of 11 free throws.

Glendale opened the third quarter with a
32-29 lead before McAmis made his
fourth 3-pointer and George Rosenbury
added two more to give the Falcons a
nine-point advantage.

The Eagles made a 7-0 run behind
Christian Overstreet's five points that
included a 3-pointer but Glendale held
on to a 50-45 lead entering the fourth
quarter.

Nixa trailed by six points with 35.2
seconds remaining in the game when
Payton Haynes made a 3-pointer.

After Glendale's Justin Bear missed a
layup on a fast break, Nixa's offense
responded when Overstreet threw an
ally-oop pass to Billy Ray for a
two-handed dunk with 14.6 seconds
remaining to cut the lead to 62-61.

"That was something we've been
working on in practice," said Overstreet
on the ally-oop. "We're finally confident
that we can do it in a game and
fortunately we put this one down. But it
didn't win us the game and I wish it
would have."

But after Rosenbury made two free
throws, Harrington scored a fast break
layup with 8.9 seconds remaining.

Rosenbury made two more free throws
with 8.1 seconds remaining before
Brandt Herring's 3-point attempt hit off
the rim. Ray rebounded the miss and
scored at the buzzer but the Eagles still
lost by one.

Dylan Peltier led Nixa with 14 points and
six rebounds while Ray added 13 points
and four assists. Harrington and Harmon
each had 12 points.

Rosenbury led Glendale with 20 points
as the Falcons made 13 of 24 3-point
shots.

"I thought we played hard the last seven
seconds of the quarter," Osborne said.
"But you have to play 32 minutes at this
level."

Arvest Bank Invitational
3rd Place Game
Bartlesville, Okla.
Bruin Fieldhouse

FALCONS CAPTURE 3RD PLACE!

GLENDALE FALCONS (4-1) - 62
VS.
VERDIGRIS CARDINALS (2-3) - 51
Ranked 6th in Okla. 3-A

Bartlesville, Okla. — Spud Harbour
scored 19 points and Jeff Lewis added 15
to lead Glendale to a third-place finish in
the Arvest Bank Invitational.

Rotnei Clarke led Verdigris with 21
points.

Third-place game
Verdigris(2-3) 10 18 9 14--51
Glendale (4-1) 22 9 11 20--62

VERDIGRIS — McCall 2, Hoffman 4, Smith
8, Clarke 21, Sutherland 16.

GLENDALE — Bear 7, Rosenbury 5,
Harbour 19, McAmis 8, Lewis 15, Hannah
4, Frazier 4.

Seventh place game — Glendale JV 72,
Trinity Christian, DeSoto, Texas, 38

John McAmis was named to the
All-Tournament team!

Arvest Bank Invitational
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
December 10th, 2004
Semifinals
8:30 p.m. - Bruin Fieldhouse
FALCONS FALL TO BRUINS!
GLENDALE FALCONS (3-1) - 45
VS.
BARTLESVILLE BRUINS (4-1) - 50
Ranked 5th in Okla. 6-A

Bruins survived grueling semifinal test
By Mike Tupa , E-E Sports Editor

Bartlesville High's hard-earned trip to
the finals included a rugged challenge
during Friday's semifinals in the Arvest
Boys Basketball Invitational.

The Bruins withstood their own frog-ugly
free throw shooting and a sweat-soaked,
energetic challenge by the under-sized
but giant-hearted brigade from Glendale
(Springfield), Mo.

Bartlesville, which endured foul trouble
by its main veterans, yanked out the
50-45 victory in the Bruin Fieldhouse.

Ben Rovenstine proved to be the axle
around which the Bruin success revolved.
The junior guard directed the offensive
assault and also punished the nets for a
team-high 19 points, including three
three-pointers.

Noah Hartsock added 16 points,
including 10 of the Bruins' first 20
points in the contest.

John McAmis paced Glendale's balanced
scoring offense with 15 points. Spud
Harbour contributed 14 points.

Bartlesville (4-1) faced its biggest
character test of the season during a
fiery Glendale resurgence in the fourth
quarter.

After three quarters, Bartlesville's
supremacy seemed assured
with a 13-point lead, 41-28.

The jerseys of almost every Glendale
player was soaked with sweat from
the neck down to the bottom hem.

Glendale's energy in the final six minutes
came from nothing else than
the unyielding desire of its players to
win.

Bartlesville, meanwhile, had to dig deep
in its own well of passion to
answer the manly challenge.

The Bruins opened the fourth quarter
with a 5-2 run in the first two
minutes. Hartsock squeezed between a
double team, caught a pass from
the high post from Sam Mitchell and
scored with about 6:10 left to give
Bartlesville its biggest advantage, 46-30.

Little did the Bartlesville players realize
then they'd soon be scrambling
to just hold on to the lead.

It didn't have to be that way, however.
Bartlesville would hit just 3-of-15 free
throws in the fourth period (9-of-27 for
the game) to keep the door open on
Glendale's rally.

And, the Missouri boys took full
advantage of their chances.

McAmis lit the fuse on Glendale's
dynamite-like comeback with a
three-pointer.

After the Bruins turned the ball back
over, Michael Frazier made a
stick-back on an offensive rebound to cut
Bartlesville's lead to 11,
46-35.

With 3:49 remaining, McAmis made a
lay-up to pull Glendale within nine points, 46-37.

Glendale got the ball back instantly,
resulting in a lay-up by Harbour to make
it a seven-point game, 46-39.

Bartlesville missed the front end of a
one-and-one with 3:09 left and Harbour
pulled down the rebound. Glendale tried
a three-pointer on the other end, but the
ball bounced off the front of the rim.

Rovenstine grabbed the deep rebound
on the miss, turned, ran up and
court and spotted Mitchell running to the
hoop. Rovenstine flung the ball to
Mitchell and he completed the transition
lay-up to push the lead back to nine,
48-39.

With 1:53 remaining, however, Glendale
had cut the margin down to five points,
48-43.

Bartlesville missed two free throws with
1:48 left and McAmis collected the rebound.

Glendale brought the ball down and
went into its perimeter offense. The
Missouri squad kept the ball moving on
the pass while its players tried
to shake free for open shots.

But, Bruin defenders did a good job of
fighting through screens and
double screens and staying tight on the
players they were guarding.

Finally, after more than a minute,
Glendale's lengthy possession paid
off with two points. Jeff Lewis received a
pass on the left wing, got a step on his
defender and blitzed to the basket for a
short shot.

The deuce cut the Bruin lead to three
points, 48-45, with 43 seconds remaining.

Bartlesville managed to break Glendale's
full-court press, forcing a foul on Rovenstine.

Rovenstine hit his first free throw to
push the lead back to four, 49-45.
His next charity offering missed, but
Bruin forward Jacob Brazda wrestled the
ball away from a Glendale player for the
offensive rebound.

The Bruins kept the ball in play and
Rovenstine was fouled again with
19 seconds remaining. He buried 1-of-2
free throws to make it a five- point
game, 50-45.

Glendale tried a quick three-point shot
on the other end, but Hartsock
was there to get the defensive rebound.

Glendale had one last chance in the
fading seconds, but missed another
long shot. Brazda pulled down the
defensive rebound just before the
buzzer sounded.

Thus ended a helter-skelter encounter
between two determined teams.

Bartlesville had led in the first quarter by
nine points, 14-5, after Rovenstine
flushed a three-pointer.

But, Glendale came back to tie the game,
14-14.

Toward the end of the quarter, Mitchell
scored to help Bartlesville take
an 18-14 lead just before the end of the
first quarter.

However, McGamis popped a
three-pointer early in the second period
to cut the lead to one point, 18-17.

Glendale eventually turned the game
around to take the lead on
Harbour's trey late in the first half, 27-25.

The Missouri boys held on to the lead at
halftime, 27-26.

Bartlesville battled back to regain the
lead, 29-27, on Rovenstine's
three-pointer early in the third quarter.

The Bruins soon pushed their advantage
to 10 points, 37-27.

Glendale came up short on offense
during one possession at this
juncture of the game when Bruin
defender Ryan Waters pressured a
Glendale player into a bad shot.

Late in the third quarter, Rovenstine and
Brazda hooked up on one of
the most crowd-pleasing shots of the
night for the swarm of Bruin
students, who stayed on their feet the
whole game.

Rovenstine, standing on the left wing,
made a high, crosscourt lob
toward the right block. Brazda,
meanwhile, jumped up, grabbed the
ball in mid-air and made the short
jumper while he was falling to the
ground.

As it turned out, every Bruin
extraordinary effort, such as this one,
would be needed to rescue the victory at
the end - especially after
Mitchell fouled out during the firestorm
of Glendale's last-ditch comeback try.

Finally, it was all done.

The Bruins had won.

It was time to move on.

Bartlesville 50, Glendale 45

Quarter Scoring Breakdown        
Bartlesville  18 8 15 9 - 50
Glendale 14 13 1 17 - 45

Bartlesville (50)
Ryan Waters 0 0-2 0
Casey Schultz 0 1-4 1
Ben Rovenstine 7 2-7 19
Jacob Brazda 1 0-0 2
Noah Hartsock 7 2-7 16
Sam Mitchell 4 4-7 12
Totals: 19 9-27 50.

Glendale (45)
Spud Harbour 3 6-6 14
John McAmis 5-35 15
Jeff Lewis 5 2-4 12
Michael Frazier 2 0-0 4
Totals: 15 11-15 45.